The New York Times has compiled a list, using a “conservative standard,” of all of the “lies” President Trump has told while in office.
The authors of the opinion piece, David Leonhardt and Stuart Thompson, said they made the list in order to stress to Americans that lies, no matter how common they may have become, should not go unnoticed.
“Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them. So we have catalogued nearly every outright lie he has told publicly since taking the oath of office,” they wrote.
What follows is a list of every lie Trump has told since the Jan. 20 Inauguration Day, including statements about wiretapping, the investigations in Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the Iraq war, taxes, trade deals and NATO. Each example is followed by a short explanation of why the statement is false. For example, “APRIL 18 “The fake media goes, ‘Donald Trump changed his stance on China.’ I haven’t changed my stance.” (He did.).”
Speechless. NYT has cataloged Every. Single. Trump. Lie. (Yes, this is every lie in a very, very tiny font size) https://t.co/nko0RW2OfA pic.twitter.com/VNKOnfn3ev
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 23, 2017
The duo says there is “simply no precedent” for a president to spend so much time spinning falsehoods and that this long list could have been longer were it not for the “conservative standard” they set, “leaving out many dubious statements (like the claim that his travel ban is “similar” to Obama administration policy).” But they do go on to discuss “falsehoods” from Trump that are misleading but are not necessarily said with the intent to mislead.
They also say they “take issue” with Trump’s defenders who say Trump should not be taken so literally.
The piece ends by sharing polling data that shows growing mistrust in the president by the American people.
